1955 NFL Semifinal-Los Angeles Rams-55, Chicago Bears-20

Van Brocklin threw 6 TD passes

December 25, 1955

Weather-58 degrees, 2 mph S, rain

The Rams turned a close game into a rout by scoring touchdowns on 5 consecutive possessions, pulling away 55-20. Los Angeles ran right through the Bears, totaling 564 yards offense. Rams QB Norm Van Brocklin completed 20 of his 25 passes for 295 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 3 of the scores going to Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch.

Los Angeles ran the ball as well as they threw it, as both Tank Younger and Ron Waller went over the century mark. The Rams will travel to their ancestral home of Cleveland for a shot at their first NFL Championship.

Chicago Bears........(9-5)-3-10-7-0-20
Los Angeles Rams.(9-3-1)-0-14-14-27-55

Chi-Blanda 11 FG
LA-Younger 4 run (Richter Kick)
LA-Hirsch 15 pass from Van Brocklin (Richter Kick)
Chi-Blanda 19 FG
Chi-Watkins 27 run (Blanda Kick)
LA-Fears 59 pass from Van Brocklin (Richter Kick)
Chi-Hoffman 12 run (Blanda Kick)
LA-Hirsch 17 pass from Van Brocklin (Richter Kick)
LA-Lewis 24 pass from Van Brocklin (Richter Kick)
LA-Boyd 5 pass from Van Brocklin (Kick Missed)
LA-Hirsch 17 pass from Van Brocklin (Richter Kick)
LA-Waller 1 run (Richter Kick)

Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
Chi-Casares-13-101-0 (155-883-6), Watkins-10-40-1 (132-656-10), Hoffman-6-13-1 (109-521-1), Brown-4-3-0 (51-214-3)
LA-Younger-20-145-1 (158-789-6), Waller-16-112-1 (167-828-8), Quinlan-1-19-0 (16-89-0), Van Brocklin-3-(-3)-0 (14-21-0)

Passing
Chi-Brown-24-12-170-0-1 (205-106-1,610-9-11)
LA-Van Brocklin-25-20-295-6-1 (297-164-2,185-14-16)

Receiving
Chi-McColl-4-69-0 (42-611-4), Hill-4-51-0 (49-891-9), Casares-2-13-0 (18-149-1), Hoffman-1-21-0 (13-190-1), Schroeder-1-16-0 (20-357-2)
LA-Fears-5-99-1 (49-668-3), Boyd-5-61-1 (27-444-4), Hirsch-4-69-3 (29-529-5), Waller-3-20-0 (27-248-1), Lewis-2-31-1 (21-230-1), Younger-1-15-0 (7-66-0)